frankiebirds reblogged
The federal government is "seriously" considering building the country's first high-speed rail link between Quebec City and Toronto, says Public Services and Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos. Ottawa announced plans back in 2021 to build what it called a "high-frequency" (HFR) rail corridor with stops in Toronto, Peterborough, Ottawa, Montreal, Trois-Rivières, Laval and Quebec City. At the time, the government estimated the cost at between $6 billion and $12 billion. The federal government identified three qualified bidders for the project last year. A spokesperson for VIA HFR, the VIA Rail subsidiary set up to oversee the project, said the bidders have been asked to provide the government with two options: a "conventional" rail network with trains reaching speeds of 200 km/h, and a network with trains reaching speeds "comparable to those of European trains."
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Source: cbc.ca
#like to charge reblog to cast#would love something like this in the west as well but this is a start! better public transit please 🙏#i mean i dont think itll happen. either the liberals are just trying to get votes again by making promises or if they ARE being honest#PP will go “nuh-uh!!!” if he becomes PM (which is looking more like a when)#but i can hope